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Capriccio showing a pavilion, probably octagonal, with three Venetian windows between semi-engaged columns surmounted by a domed and balustraded roof. The pavilion is in a landscape setting, with figures both on and beside a lake.
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Reference number
Adam vol.56/8
Purpose
Capriccio showing a pavilion, probably octagonal, with three Venetian windows between semi-engaged columns surmounted by a domed and balustraded roof. The pavilion is in a landscape setting, with figures both on and beside a lake.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in red ink 8
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably early 1750s.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, watercolour253 x 367
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
The composition here may be compared with that in Adam vol.56/5, with a similar design by James Adam dated 1755, ( see j. Fleming, Robert Adam and His Circle in Edinburgh & Rome, London, 1962, pl.32) and with designs of a similar date by Robert Adam (see BA 225). The informal landscape here is typical of Robert Adam's taste in the 1750s, which was based on prints rather than on topographical observation.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
The Adam Brothers in Rome: Drawings from the Grand Tour, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 25 September 2008 - 14 February 2009
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk